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Syllabus of Courses for Master of Science (MS) in three branches for
the session 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
Department of Fisheries
Faculty of Biological Sciences
University of Dhaka
One year Master of Science (MS) will be offered and the degree will be in three branches
which are as follows:
Name of the Branch:
1. Aquaculture
2. Fisheries Biology and Genetics
3. Fisheries Management
Course no 501-506, 510 & 514 are compulsory and 507-509 are optional. Students have
to choose one course from the optional courses. Course no 511 and 512 are for Project
Group (A) and course no 513 is for Thesis Group (B).
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Course Outline
Name of the Branch: Aquaculture (AQ)
Distribution of Courses
Course no Title Credit
Compulsory course
AQ 501 Aquaculture Production Systems 3
AQ 502 Aquaculture Feed Technology 3
AQ 503 Aquatic Animal Health Management 3
AQ 504 Reproductive Aquaculture and Aquatic Seed Production 3
AQ 505 Aquaculture Genomics and Biotechnology 3
AQ 506 Statistical Applications in Aquaculture 3
Optional course (any one) AQ 507 Immunology and Aquaculture Pharmacology 2
AQ 508 Sustainable Aquaculture and Environmental Management 2
AQ 509 Aquaculture Project Management 2
Sub Total (a) 20
Project group (A)
FM 510 Seminar presentation 2
FM 511 Project (Project - 2 credits; Project presentation
- 1 credit)
3
FM 512 Practical 3
FM 514 Viva-voce 2
Sub-Total (b) 10
Grand Total (a+b) 30
Thesis group (B)
FM 510 Seminar presentation 2
FM 513 Thesis (Thesis - 4 credits; thesis presentation -
2 credits)
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FM 514 Viva-voce 2
Sub-Total (c) 10
Grand Total (a+c) 30
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Course Outline
Distribution of Courses
Name of the Branch: Fisheries Biology and Genetics (FBG)
Course no Title Credit
Compulsory course
FBG 501 Biology of Finfish and Shellfish 3
FBG 502 Fish Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 3
FBG 503 Aquaculture Biotechnology and Biosafety Regulation 3
FBG 504 Biosafety Regulation 3
FBG 505 Immunopathology and Vaccine Development 3
FBG 506 Fish Population and Conservation Genetics 3
Optional course (any one) FBG 507 Bioinformatics in Fisheries 2
FBG 508 Research Design and Genetic Data Analysis 2
FBG 509 Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetics 2
Sub Total (a) 20
Project group (A)
FM 510 Seminar presentation 2
FM 511 Project (Project - 2 credits; Project presentation
- 1 credit)
3
FM 512 Practical 3
FM 514 Viva-voce 2
Sub-Total (b) 10
Grand Total (a+b) 30
Thesis group (B)
FM 510 Seminar presentation 2
FM 513 Thesis (Thesis - 4 credits; thesis presentation -
2 credits)
6
FM 514 Viva-voce 2
Sub-Total (c) 10
Grand Total (a+c) 30
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Course Outline
Distribution of Courses
Name of the Branch: Fisheries Management (FM)
Course no Title Credit
Compulsory course
FM 501 Inland Fisheries Management 3
FM 502 Coastal and Marine Fisheries Management 3
FM 503 Aquatic Pollution, Climate change and Fisheries 3
FM 504 Population Dynamics and Aquatic Systems Modelling 3
FM 505 Fisheries Policy and Governance 3
FM 506 Research Methodology and Statistical Application in
Fisheries
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Optional course (any one) FM 507 Geospatial Technology in Fisheries 2
FM 508 Aquatic Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Conservation 2
FM 509 Fisheries Economics and Business 2
Sub Total (a) 20
Project group (A)
FM 510 Seminar presentation 2
FM 511 Project (Project - 2 credits; Project presentation
- 1 credit)
3
FM 512 Practical 3
FM 514 Viva-voce 2
Sub-Total (b) 10
Grand Total (a+b) 30
Thesis group (B)
FM 510 Seminar presentation 2
FM 513 Thesis (Thesis - 4 credits; thesis presentation -
2 credits)
6
FM 514 Viva-voce 2
Sub-Total (c) 10
Grand Total (a+c) 30
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Name of the Branch: Aquaculture (AQ)
AQ 501 Aquaculture Production Systems Credit: 3
1. Role of aquaculture: Status of aquaculture, Production systems, future and
challenges
2. Functions and characteristics of aquaculture: Differences in aquatic and
terrestrial livestock, Ecological services provided by aquaculture production
systems, Diversity of aquaculture animals, Temperature classifications of
aquacultured animals, Temperature control, Providing oxygen and Waste control
in aquaculture systems, Aquaculture systems as providers of natural foods
3. Characterization and categories of aquaculture production system: Open
systems, Semi-closed systems, Closed systems, Hybrid systems
4. Culture of crocodiles, spirulina, Seaweeds
5. Recirculating aquaculture: Overview of system engineering, Culture tanks,
Waste solids removal, Settling basins and tanks, Mechanical filters, Granular
media filters, Disposal of the solids, Biofiltration, Aeration and oxygenation,
Carbon dioxide removal, Monitoring and control, Recirculation system design,
Stocking density, Conclusion
6. Biofloc based aquaculture production systems: Bioflocs, Oxygen dynamics,
Resuspension, mixing, and sludge management, Nitrogenous waste products,
Temperature, Feeds and feeding, Economics and Sustainability
7. Aquaponics: System design, Fish production, Solids, Biofiltration, Hydroponic
subsystems, Sump, Construction materials, Component ratios, Nutrient dynamics,
Vegetable selection, Crop production systems, Pest and disease control,
Approaches to system design, Economics, Prospects for the future
8. Brackishwater Aquaculture: Shrimp, prawn crab culture
9. Policy and Governance in aquaculture: Introduction role of aquaculture
governance, sustainability, types of aquaculture governance, Importance and
trends in aquaculture governance - The importance governance governance
models, Governance pyramid in aquaculture - pillars and principles of aquaculture
governance, role of government in aquaculture governance, Legislative framework
of aquaculture - regulatory framework of aquaculture operation, regulations for
managing aquaculture operation, Licence policies, regulations for marketing
aquaculture products, Role of other stakeholders in aquaculture governance -
community groups and participation, NGOs, producers associations, Strategies and
their governance - Integrated coastal zone management, promotion of foreign
investment, promotion of large companies, promotion of clusters and nucleus
farms, Governance measures - Data collection, Research, risk analysis and
subsidiary, Policy instruments - supply-side instruments, capital and credit
constraints, feed and seed constraints, demand-side policy instruments, Challenges
- Certification, industrial concentration, offshore aquaculture, social licence,
climate change, international trade
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10. Environmental impact assessment and monitoring in aquaculture
11. Aquaculture insurance: Introduction, Aquaculture insurance industry
stakeholders and their roles, Aquaculture policy types and conditions, Aquaculture
insurance - development constraints and opportunities, The process of insurance
market, Developing the market for aquaculture insurance
References
1. Tidwell, J H (etd) 2012. Aquaculture Production Systems. Wilet-Blackwell and
World Aquaculture Society. 421 pp.
2. Jerry, D R. 2014. Biology and Culture of Asian Seabass Latescalcarifer. CRC
Press. 317 pp.
3. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) 2007. Fisheries Technical Paper 496.
4. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) 2014. Fisheries and Aquaculture
Technical Paper 577.
5. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) 2009. Fisheries and Aquaculture
Technical Paper 527.
AQ 502 Aquaculture Feed Technology Credit: 3
1. Introduction of fish nutrition; nutritional requirements of culturable fishes and
shellfishes; proteins and amino acid; lipids and fatty acid; carbohydrates, vitamins,
minerals and water.
2. Sources of nutrition: naturally produced food in ponds; food produce through
fertilization and supplementary feeding and complete artificial feeding.
3. Digestibility study of fish feed: Digestion co-efficient, determination of nutrient
digestibility, apparent and true digestibility, factors affecting digestibility.
4. Energy metabolism in cultivated fishes and crustaceans: unit of measurement
and definition of terms, partitioning of biological energy, energy flow in animal
system, specific dynamic action (SDA), energy metabolism in fish, energy
requirement of fish, factors affecting energy requirement of fish, dietary energy
sources.
5. Broodstock nutrition: energy partitioning for reproduction, protein requirement
of broodstock, effect of dietary quality on reproductive output, known nutritional
requirements of some broodstock fishes.
6. Feed stuffs: Conventional and unconventional feed stuffs, dietary ingredients
available in Bangladesh. Proximate composition of dietary ingredients and
fertilizers. Naturally occurring and adventitious toxins feed stuff.
7. Non nutrient dietary components, water, hormone, antibiotics, fibers, binders,
antioxidants, pigments and feeding stimulants
8. Food formulation, preparation and processing - supplementary and complete
diets: feed formulation and preparation for cultivable species, feed milling process,
effect of processing on the Nutritional value of feed, quality control in feed
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manufacture, manufacture of compounded feeds in developing countries, Feed
storage.
9. Feeding methods for supplementary and complete diets: Selection of feed
ingredients feed preparation supplemental feeding and natural productivity,
feeding level and frequency. Economics of supplemental and complete feeding.
10. Techniques and methodologies for fish feeding experiments: Control
environmental studies and field studies
References
1. De Silva, S.S. and Anderson, T.A., 1995. Fish Nutrition in Aquaculture. Chapmen
& Hall, London, 319 pp.
2. Halver, J.E. 1998. Fish nutrition. Academic press. New York, 798pp.
3. Hepher, B., 1990. Nutrition of Pond Fishes. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 388 pp.
4. AOAC, 1990. Official Methods of Analysis-15th Edition, Association of official
Analytical Chemists, Washington DC.
5. Goddard, S., 1996. Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture, Chapman & Hall,
Dept. BC, 115 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, 194 pp.
6. Guillaume, J., Kaushik, S., Bergot, P. and Metailer, R., 2001. Nutrition and
Feeding of Fish and Crustaceans. Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK, 408 pp.
7. Lovell, T., 1998. Nutrition and Feeding of fish. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 3300
AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 267 pp.
8. New, M.B., 1987. Feed and Feeding of Fish and Shrimp. ADCP/REP/87/26,
UNDP/FAO, Rome, 275pp.
9. Steffens, W., 1989. Principles of Fish Nutrition. Ellis Hordwood Ltd., West
Sussex, 384pp.
10. Tacon, A.G.J., 1990. Standard Methods for the Nutrition and Feeding of Farmed
Fish and Shrimp. Argent Laboratories Press, Washington, 454 pp.
11. Tacon, A.G.J. and Basurco, B., 1997. Feeding Tomorrows Fish.
CIHEAM/FAO/IEo, Zaragoza (Espana), 307 pp.
12. Webster, C.D. and Lim, C.E., 2002. Nutrient Requirements and Feeding of Finfish
for Aquaculture. CABI Publishing, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX10
8DE, UK, 448 pp.
AQ 503 Aquatic Animal Health Management Credit: 3
1. Basics of fish and shellfish health management: purpose, aquaculture
production, trans-boundary movement of aquaculture species and associated
pathogen transfer, pathogen transfer and economic significance, international
conventions and codes of practice.
2. Epidemiology: Epidemiology in aquatic animal health management, classical and
molecular approach in epidemiological studies
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3. Disease zoning: surveillance and reporting, purpose description of zones,
requirement for disease-free zoning, practical application of zoning in Bangladesh,
issues to consider during zoning
4. Contingency planning: import risk analysis (IRA), government/institutional level
contingency planning, farm-level contingency planning, development and
implementation
5. Methods for disease control and management: Fish health and quarantine
systems & certification, processes, pathogen containment facilities, health
examinations, capacity and institutional implications
6. Diagnosis of diseases: levels of disease diagnosis, applications of histopathology,
antibody probes and molecular techniques in the diagnosis and control of fish
diseases, applications of biotechnology to novel diagnostics for aquatic animals
7. Biotechnological approach to fish health management: application of
genomics, proteomics and metabolomics
8. Biosecurity strategies in aquatic animal health: country and farm level
biosecurity measures, issues need to consider in biosecurity planning and
implementation
9. OIE, FAO, NACA technical guidelines for aquatic animal health management
10. National strategies and policy frameworks: regional capacity building for
disease management, legislative frameworks, harmonization with international
standards
References
1. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper (402) 2000. Asia Regional Technical Guidelines
on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals
and The Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy.
2. Bancroft, J.D. and Stevens. A. 1990. Theory and practice of histological techniques
(3rd edition), Churchill living stone. Edinburgh. UK. Woo, P.T.K. and D.W. Bruno,
1999. Fish diseases and disorders (Vol.3). CABI Publishing.
AQ 504 Reproductive Aquaculture and Aquatic Seed Production Credit: 3
1. Reproduction in fishes: Introduction, Sexuality in fishes, Sexual dimorphism,
Reproductive cycle, Reproductive strategies, Fecundity and spawning, Courtship
and mating, Style of reproduction, Hormonal control of reproduction
2. Gamete extraction technique: Reproduction and control of ovulation,
spermiation and spawning in cultured fish, methods of sperm collection
3. Sperm and egg quality evaluation: Sperm quality assessment, egg quality
determination
4. Artificial fertilization in aquaculture species: Normal practice to
chromosomal manipulation
5. Cryopreservation of fish gametes: Chilled storage of sperm and eggs, Basic
principles of fish spermatozoa cryopreservation, Cryopreservation of oocytes,
Cryobiological material and handling procedures\
6. Protocols for sperm cryopreservation
7. Genetic improvement of the stock
8. Seed production of Major carps, Chinese carps, common carp, catfishes
9. Seed production of tilapia
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10. Breeding and seed production of ornamental fishes
11. Seed production of tiger shrimp and giant prawn
References
1. Cabrita E, Robles V and Harraez P (etd). 2009. Methods in Reproductive
Aquaculture Marine and freshwater psecies. CRC press. 549 pp.
2. Thomas, PC, Rath SC, and Mohapatra KD. 2003. Breeding and seed production of
fin fish and shell fish. Daya Publishing House. 402 pp.
AQ 505 Aquaculture Genomics and Biotechnology Credit: 3
1. Fundamental principles of molecular biology, genomics and biotechnology: Overview, advantages of fish in biotechnological research, and applications of genetic
engineering and biotechnology in fish. Recombinant DNA technology: Restriction
endonucleases, creation of recombinant DNA molecules, gene cloning; construction
of DNA library.
2. Basic molecular laboratory methods:Molecular techniques: Electrophoresis,
Southern blotting, Northern blotting, Western blotting, hybridization of nucleic acids;
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).DNA markers: Principles and techniques of RFLP,
RAPD, AFLP and microsatellite DNA markers and their applications
3. Application of genomics and proteomics in aquaculture: selective breeding,
hybridization, chromosome set manipulation, gene transfer technologies, molecular
techniques, proteomics technologies applied to aquaculture, proteomics to evaluate
quality of aquaculture species, proteomics to assess the potential risks associated to
aquaculture
4. Aquaculture-related applications of DNA microarray technology: Principles of
Microarrays, Spotted Array Design and Construction, Array Design and Construction,
Experimental Sample Labeling and Hybridization, Microarray Research in
Aquaculture Species, Future Directions of Microarray Research, Considerations When
Starting Microarray Research, Applications for Salmonid DNA Microarrays
5. Mapping genomes of aquaculture species (finfish, shellfish and mollucs): Marker-
Assisted Selection (MAS) for Aquaculture species: Introduction, Definition and
Theory of Marker‐ assisted Selection (MAS), Requirements and Limits of MAS
Implementation, Parentage Testing, Species Identification, and Marker‐ assisted
Introgression, MAS Developments in Aquaculture, Applications and Limitations in
Aquaculture
6. Functional genomics: Introduction, The Concept of Functional Genomics,
Approaches to Functional Genomics, Functional Correlation of Gene Positions,
Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis, Functional Inference by Comparative
Genome Analysis, Gene Pathway Analysis, Profiling of DNA–Protein Interactions and
Epigenetic Modifications, Direct Test of Gene Functions, Functional Genomics
Approaches Suitable for Aquaculture
7. Sequencing the genome of aquaculture species: Sanger's dideoxynucleotide chain
termination method (the enzymatic method), Maxam‐ Gilbert sequencing method,
Pyrosequencing and the 454 sequencing platform, The 454 sequencing platform, The
Solexa sequencing platform, Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies and
Applications, Library Construction for Next Generation Sequencing
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8. Bioinformatics in Aquaculture: Introduction, Sequence Alignment, Genome
Analysis, Microarray Analysis
9. Genomic tools for broodstock improvement: Chromosome Manipulation,
Production of gynogenes, androgenes, induced triploids, induced tetraploids,
production of supermale and monosex population and their applications.
10. Gene transfer/transgenesis technology in aquaculture: Transgenesis: Production of
transgenic fish in aquaculture, Gene selection, methods of gene transfer in fish,
genomic integration and expression of transgenes, release and management of
transgenic individuals, applications of transgenics.
11. Ethics in aquaculture biotechnology: Bioethics and moral virtues, biosafety of
transgenic fish
12. Biotechnological applications in molluscs and shellfish aquaculture: Production of
Monoclonal antibodies, Nucleic Acid Probe technology, Animal vaccine development
and production, New technologies
References
1. Liu ZJ. Editor, Aquaculture Genome Technologies, pp.551, Blackwell Publishing,
2007, Ames, IA. ISBN: 978-0-8138-0203-9. This book has been translated into
Chinese language by Bao et al. and published by the Chinese Chemical Publishing,
2011.
2. Liu ZJ. Editor, Next Generation Sequencing & Whole Genome Selection in
Aquaculture, pp.221, Wiley and Blackwell Publishing, 2011, Ames, IA. ISBN: 978-0-
8138-0637-2
3. Saroglia M and Liu ZJ, editors, Functional Genomics in Aquaculture, pp. 407, Wiley
and Blackwell Publishing, 2012, Ames, IA. ISBN 978-0-4709-6008-0
AQ 506 Statistical Applications in Aquaculture Credit: 3
1. Introduction: Definition of statistics, Definition of data, Types of data, Accuracy
and precision, Significant figures, Significance of Statistical study, limitations
2. Data processing: Classification, Variables, Frequency distribution, Graphs,
Graphs of frequency distribution
3. Measures of Central Tendency: Means (Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean,
Harmonic mean, Weighted mean), Median, Mode
4. Measures of dispersion: Absolute measures, Range, Mean deviation, Standard
deviation, Variance, Standard error of the mean, Coefficient of variation, Decile,
Quartile, Percentile
5. Distribution: Normal, binomial, poison, t- and f- distribution, sampling, Skewness
and kurtosis
6. Experimental designs: CRD, CRBD, Latin square and split plot designs.
7. Test statistics: a) T-tests: One Sample Hypothesis, two and paired sample
hypotheses b) ANOVA (multiple sample hypothesis) - single factor ANOVA, Two
factor ANOVA, Nonparametric ANOVA.
8. Multiple comparisons: The Tukey Test, DMRT, Newman-Keuls test,
Multivariate analysis
9. Correlation and regression: Types of correlations, Degree of correlations,
Coefficient of correlation, Co-efficient of determination, Types of regression
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References
1. Hoshmand, R.A. 1994. Experimental research design and analysis A practical
approach for Agricultural and natural Sciences. CRC press.
2. Zar, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical Analysis. 4th Edition. Prentice-Hall INC.
3. Dytham, C. 1999. Choosing and using Statistics: A Biologist’s Guide. Blackwell.
4. Egna, HS and Boyd, CE (Etd). Dynamics of pond aquaculture. CRC Press. 325-
375 pp.
AQ 507 Immunology and Aquaculture Pharmacology Credit: 2
1. Immune system of fish: Introduction, specific and non-specific immune response,
factors influencing the immune response, Innate and adaptive immunity in teleost
fish, Antibody and cell mediated immunity in fish and shellfish, Immunological
control of fish diseases, Immunostimulants for Aquaculture Health Management
2. Antimicrobial peptides and their potential therapeutants in aquaculture,
Immune related genes of aquaculture species, Impact of aquatic genomics on fish
immunology
3. Safety of fish medicines: Aspect of safety. Safety of the target species, safety of
the operator, safety of the consumer and safety of the environment. Legislation
related to drug usage.
4. Vaccines: Methods of vaccination in fishes, types of vaccines, adjuvants;
Immunization against infectious diseases of fish caused by viral, bacterial, fungal
and parasitic pathogens,
5. Antibacterial drugs: Selection of antibacterial drugs, bacterial resistance; Group
characteristics, uses with dose rate, toxicology, pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics of tetracyclines, penicillins, marolides, sulfonamides,
potentiated sulfonamides, quinolones and fluoroquinolones, nitrofurans and
chloramphenicols.
6. Chemotherapeutic agents and their uses: Systemic anti-protozoal agents:
Fumagilin, niroimidazoles. Externally applied antimicrobial agents: Formalin,
malachite green, leteux-meyer mixture, Chloramines-T, copper sulfate.
Ectoparasiticides: Organo phosphorus compounds, hydrogen peroxide, ivermectin,
cyprmethrin, benzyl ureas.
7. Anesthetics: Uses and mode of action of MS-222, Benzocaine and other anesthetic
agents. Properties of hypnotics and sedatives.
References
1. Treves-Brown KM. 2000. Applied Fish Pharmacology. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, 310 pp, 0-412-62180-0
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2. Ross, LG and Ross, B. 2008. Anesthetics and sedative Techniques for aquatic
animals. Blackwell Publishing, 222 pp.
AQ 508 Sustainable Aquaculture and Environmental Management Credit: 2
1. Concept of sustainability and sustainable management: FAO code of conduct
for responsible fisheries and aquaculture, Ecosystem approach to aquaculture
(EAA), Better management practices for aquaculture.
2. Nature of environmental impacts: Impact of fisheries and aquaculture on
environment, mitigating and managing the negative impacts, Waste production in
aquaculture and their management, EIA (environmental impact assessment) for
aquaculture projects
3. Siting and Design of Farms for sustainable management: Species and System
Selection for Sustainable Aquaculture, open water IMTA
4. Impacts of exotic and invasive aquaculture species and their mitigation
5. Application of GIS and remote sensing for sustainable aquaculture
development: stakeholder analysis, joint assessment and decision making, joint
financial and economic assessment
6. Sustainable rural, urban and peri-urban aquaculture: Sustainable livelihood
approaches, vulnerability, resilience, adaptive and alternative development
pathways, aquaponics, urban RAS
7. Economic decision making in sustainable aquaculture development: guiding
principles for aquaculture sector planning, supporting new development paradigms
8. Research, planning, regulation and administration for sustainable aquaculture
development
References
1. Stuart W. Bunting. 2013. Principles of Sustainable Aquaculture: Promoting Social,
Economic and Environmental Resilience
2. T.V.R. Pillay. 2004. Aquaculture and the Environment, Second Edition
3. John E. Bardach. 1997. Sustainable Aquaculture, John Wiley & Sons
AQ 509 Aquaculture Project Management Credit: 2
1. Principles of aquaculture systems and management, Scope of aquaculture project
management, organization for project formulation and management
2. Management functions and activities: Management styles and attributes of
successful managers, Contingency theory, management skills and productivity,
aquaculture projects compared with those for agriculture
3. Feasibility of projects: various aspects to check feasibility of projects, Decision
making tools and computer assisted project management, project decision matrix
4. Project Life cycles and production strategies, Project design, technical and social-
economic investigations, reconnaissance and preliminary project design,
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5. Logical framework approach (LFA) in project management: Steps, checking
project design, uses of LFA
6. Overview of project implementation, Project identification, preparation and
appraisal, analysis of expected results, financial, economic, social and
environmental impact
7. Project documentation and submission, preparation and submission of the project
report
8. Project appraisal, project negotiation, fulfilment of conditions, project agreement,
project profitability criteria.
References
1. James W. Meade, Aquaculture Management
2. Insull, D.; Nash, C.E., Aquaculture project formulation. FAO Fisheries Technical
Paper. No. 316. Rome, FAO. 1990. 129p.
3. Wickramanayake, Ebel. 1994. How to check the feasibility of projects, Asian
Institute of Technology, Bangkok
4. NORAD. 1992. The logical framework approach (LFA)-Handbook for objectives-
oriented planning, Norwegian agency for development cooperation.
AQ 512 Practical Credit: 3
1. Application of Environmental impact assessment tools
2. RAS, Biofloc, Aquaponics system design and farms demonstration
3. Visit to crocodiles, spirulina and seaweeds farms
4. Measurements of pH, Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Transparency,
Turbidity and Solids
5. Analysis of dissolved oxygen concentration, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate nitrogen,
Phosphorus
6. Determination of Primary productivity
i) Oxygen method ii) Clhorophyll a method
7. Determination of Moisture and dry matter, Ash, Crude protein, Crude lipid, Crude
fibre
8. Determination of nutrient digestibility, apparent and true digestibility
9. Feed formulation and preparation for cultivable species
10. Techniques and methodologies for fish feeding experiments
11. Diagnosis of diseases by histopathology, antibody probes and molecular
techniques
12. Sperm and egg quality evaluation, Protocols for sperm cryopreservation
13. Visit hatchery for hands-on training on breeding and seed production of
commercially important finfish and shellfish species
14. Molecular techniques: Electrophoresis, Southern blotting, Northern blotting,
Western blotting, hybridization of nucleic acids; Polymerase Chain Reaction
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(PCR). DNA markers: Principles and techniques of RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and
microsatellite DNA markers
15. Bioinformatics in Aquaculture: Introduction, Sequence Alignment, Genome
Analysis, Microarray Analysis
16. Use of various statistical software viz., SPSS, STATA, R
17. Hands-on training on various aquaculture project formulation
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Name of the Branch: Fisheries Biology and Genetics (FBG)
FBG 501 Biology of finfish and shellfish Credit: 3
1. Fish and Shellfish resources: Overview of the fish and shellfish resources of
Bangladesh and world, economic importance of the major fish and shellfish
resources, habitat needs for the sustenance of shellfishes.
2. Biology: Life history, food and feeding habits, age and growth, sexuality and
reproduction, breeding behaviour of the following indigenous and exotic fishes (a)
Labeo rohita (b) Gibelion catla (c) Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (d) Tenualosa
ilisha (e) Clarias batrachus (f) Pangasius pangasius (g) Anabas testudineus (h)
Monopterus cuchia (i)Tor tor (j) Channa striatus (k) Oreochromis niloticus (l)
Barbonymus gonionotus (m) Scoliodon Spp (n) Lates calcarifer
3. Fish migration: Types of migration, preconditions for migration, migration of
anadromous and catadromous fishes with special emphasis on Tenualosa ilisha and
Anguilla bengalensis.
4. Effects of environmental factors on the biology of fishes: Adaptation of fishes
to different environments- adaptation to changes in salinity and to estuarine
conditions, cavernicular adaptations and adaptation to drought conditions.
5. Crustacea: General body plan, size and form, natural distribution and numerical
abundance, habits and habitat. Commercial species available in Bangladesh,
morphological features, food and feeding habits, shell formation and regeneration,
age and growth, condition index, reproduction and development of prawn/shrimp
(Macrobrachium rosenbergii and Penaeus monodon), mud crab (Scylla serrata),
lobster (Thenus orientalis) and cray fish (Procambarus clakii).
6. Mollusca: External morphology, natural distribution and numerical abundance,
habits and habitats, Food and feeding habits, shell formation and regeneration, age
and growth, condition index, reproduction and development of Gastropoda (Pila
globosa), Bivalvia (Lemellidens marginalis and Crassostrea verginica) and
Cephalopoda (Loligo edulis and Octopus vulgaris). Biology of pearl formation;
natural and artificial mechanisms of pearl formation.
7. Environmental impacts on the biology of finfish and shellfish.
References
1. Bone, Q. 2008. Biology of Fishes. Taylor and Francis, 450p.
2. Lagler, K.F., J.E. Bardach, R.R. Miller and D.R.M. Passino. 1977. Ichthyology (2nd
Edition). John Willey and Sons Inc, New York, 506p.
3. Barton, M. 2000. Bond’s Biology of Fishes. 3rd Ed. Thomson Brooks, 912p.
4. Chan, T.Y. 1998. Shrimps and prawns. In: Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V.H. (eds.).
The living marine resources of the western Pacific, Vol. 2., FAO, Rome, pp. 851-
971.
5. Arrigaton, J.C.V., J.V. Huner, J.M. Griessinger, D. Lacroix, P. Gondouin and M.
Autrand. 1994. Warm-water crustaceans, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London and
Basingstoke, 160p.
6. Bliss, D.E. 1983. The biology of crustacean. Vol. 8: Environmental adaptations.
Academic press. New York, 383p.
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FBG 502 Fish Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology Credits: 3
1. Functional morphology of fish gonads: Primordial germ cells and sex
differentiation, morphology and composition of eggs, egg membrane and
micropyle, morphology of sperm; gonadal development.
2. Gametogenesis: Oogenesis and folliculogenesis, primary oocyte growth, cortical
granule formation, vitellogenesis, pigment formation, spermatogenesis and
biology of sperm: sperm production, biochemistry of sperm, sperm motility and
metabolism, sperm survival and maturation.
3. Viviparity in fishes: Viviparity and gestation- evolutionary considerations,
viviparity among the chondrichthyes, internal fertlization, ovoviviparity, viviparity
among the teleosts and maternal-embryonic relationship.
4. Reproductive behavior of fish and shellfish: Pheromones, sex recognition and
behavior, territory and space recognition, courtship, nest building and parental
cares; Environmental factors and social factors influencing ovulation and
spermiation, Effects of water pollution in fish reproduction system.
5. Fish endocrine system: Methods of study, assay of hormones, hormone synthesis,
release and transport, receptor mechanisms, hormone action mechanisms,
hormonal interrelations; Neuroendocrinology, Pituitary gland: anatomy and
histophysiology, secretions, functions and mechanisms; Endocrinology of fish
gonad: histology of testes, chemistry of androgens, regulation of testicular
functions, biology of spermatozoa, environmental and sexual periodicity;
Histology of the fish ovary, biochemistry of the ovarian hormones, endocrine
control of ovary, vitellogenesis of eggs, hormonal control in egg maturation.
References
1. Hoar, W.S. and Randall, D.J., 1984. Fish Physiology Vols. IXA and IXB.
Academic Press.
2. Potts, G.W. and Wootton, R.J. (eds), 1984. Fish Reproduction: Strategies and
Tactics. Academic Press, London.
3. Hoar, W.S., Randall, D.J., and Donaldson, E.M. (eds.), 1983. Fish Physiology
Vol. IXA and IXB. Academic Press.
4. Heath, A.G., 1987. Water Pollution and Fish Physiology. CRC Press.
5. Muir, J.F. and Roberts, R.J., 1993. Recent Advances in Aquaculture IV.
Blackwell Science Publication.
6. Hoar, W.S. and Randall, D.J., 1988. Fish Physiology Vol. XI (B).
7. Matty, A.J., 1985. Fish Endocrinology. Croom Helm, London, Sydney.
TIMBER PRESS Portland, Oregon.
8. Zohar, Y. and Breton, B. (eds.), 1988. Reproduction in Fish: Basic and Applied
Aspects in Endocrinology and Genetics. INRA Press, Paris.
9. Rankin, J.C., Pitcher, T.J., and Duggan, R. (eds.), 1983. Control and Processes
in Fish Physiology. Croom Helm, London.
10. Shukla, A. N., 2009. Hormones of Fishes. Discovery Publishing House Pvt Ltd.
11. Turner, C.D. and J.T. Bagnara. 1976. General Endocrinology (6th edition).
W.B. Saunders Company, London and Toronto.
12. Barrington, E.J. and C.B. Jorgensen (eds). 1968. Perspectives in Endocrinology.
Academic Press, London and New York.
13. Bentley, P.J. 1982. Comparative Vertebrate Endocrinology (2nd edition),
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Cambridge University Press, London.
14. Billard, R. and Gall, G.A.E., 1995. The Carp: Aquaculture Vol. 129. Elsevier.
15. Hoar, W.S. and D.J. Randal. 1969. Fish Physiology Vol. III. Academic Press,
New York.
16. Melamed, P. and N. Sherwood. 2005. Hormones and their Receptors in Fish
Reproduction. World Scientific Co. Pte. Ltd.
17. Norris, D. 2010. Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates. Vol. 1/5. Elsevier.
18. Squires, E. J. 2010. Applied Animal Endocrinology. 2nd Ed. CABI.
FBG 503 Aquaculture Biotechnology and Biosafety Regulations Credit: 3
1. Transgenesis: GMO fish, spatial and temporal regulation of transgene expression
in fish, antifreeze protein gene transfer-promises, challenges, and lessons from
nature, potential applications of transgenic fish to environmental monitoring and
toxicology, application of transgenic fish- tilapia for xenotransplantation,
transgenic fish for environmental monitoring and toxicology, transgenesis for fish
growth enhancement
2. Test and post-release monitoring of genetically modified organisms (GMOs):
Testing of GMOs under containment, Confined field trials, Post-release monitoring
of GMOs, GMO traceability and labelling - a need for commercial monitoring,
Monitoring GMO imports and transboundary movements, recently developed
techniques to avoid environmental and human health concerns
3. Algal biotechnology: single cell protein, hydrocolloids, agarose, carrageen
alginates and other byproducts, marine enzyme sources and their applications,
marine lipid source and their applications
4. Broodstock Improvement: Genomic tools for understanding the molecular basis of
production-relevant traits in finfish, advances in genomics and genetics of penaeid shrimp,
genetic and genomic approaches to major carp broodstock management.
5. Gene bank and conservation: Cryopreservation of gametes and embryos.
6. Biotechnology in Fish diseases: The application of genomics, proteomics, and
metabolomics to studies of fish health, antimicrobial peptides and their potential as
therapeutants in aquaculture, adaptive immunity in finfish, structural biology and
functional genomics of the shrimp white spot syndrome virus and Singapore grouper
iridovirus, DNA vaccines for viral diseases of farmed fish and shellfish.
7. Embryogenesis and Stem Cells: Egg transcriptome, the maternal legacy to the embryo,
application of fish stem cell technology to aquaculture and marine biotechnology, culture
of fish head kidney mononuclear phagocytes and muscle satellite cells, valuable models
for aquaculture biotechnology research, germ cell transplantation in fish: basic biology
and biotechnological applications.
8. Legal aspects in Biosafety: Overview of existing legal frameworks on
biotechnology and biosafety, International Frameworks on Biosafety,
Considerations of legal relevance to drafting national frameworks on biosafety,
International Agreements Related to Biosafety
9. Regulatory Management: Establishing National Regulatory Systems,
Infrastructure and Human Resource Development, Reducing Compliance Cost,
Regional Cooperation
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References
1. Fish Genetics and Biotechnology – Ayappan et al . ICAR publication
2. Fisheries Biotechnology – W.S. Lakra
3. Aquaculture Biotechnology- Garth L. Fletcher, Matthew L. Rise. Copyright © 2012 John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
4. Aquaculture and fisheries biotechnology- Rex A Dunham. CABI Publishing 2011
5. Bio technology and genetics in fisheries and aquaculture. ANDY BEAUMONT,
k.HOARE. . Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (April 26, 2010)
6. Biosafety Guidelines of Bangladesh Gain report number BG4006
7. Kavita Gupta, J.L. Karihaloo and R.K. Khetarpal Biosafety Regulations of Asia-
Pacific Countries, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
8. Alessandra Sensi, Oliver Brandenberg, Kakoli Ghosh, Andrea Sonnino FAO
Biosafety resource book (Module C) Risk analysis
9. Oliver Brandenberg, Alessandra Sensi, Kakoli Ghosh, Andrea Sonnino FAO
Biosafety resource book (Module D) Test and post-release monitoring of
genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
10. Anna Milena Zivian, Alessandra Sensi, Carmen Bullón CaroFAO Biosafety
resource book (ModuleE) Legal aspects
FBG 504 Molecular Genetics Credit: 3
1. Introduction to molecular biology: Scope and branches of molecular biology.
2. Molecular organization of chromosomes: Chromosome proteins- histones, non-
histones, nucleosome- morphology and function, chromatin organization-
chromatin fiber and loops, chromosome band, chromosome condensation,
heterochromatin.
3. The genetic material: Physical and chemical structure of DNA and RNA, DNA
replication, repair and recombination mechanisms- the geometry and enzymology
of DNA replication, the polymerization process and error correction.
4. Gene expression: Transcription- synthesis of mRNA, RNA polymerase- structure
and function, splicing and processing of RNA molecules; translation the genetic
code, codons and features, tRNA and aminoacyl synthetases, polypeptide
synthesis. protein structure and functions.
5. Regulation of gene expression: regulation of gene expression- strategies of gene
control, pre- and post-transcriptional modification.
6. Gene mapping in fish: Gene mapping techniques: genetic linkage analysis,
centromere mapping, cytogenetics and physical mapping, DNA based technologies
and physical mapping, Microsatellites: genetic markers for the future.
7. Gene mining: Identification of genes responsible for novel proteins, recombinant DNA
technology for the large scale production of novel proteins, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and
neutraceuticals and their use in drug designing - for various finfish and shellfish bacterial
and fungal toxins. genetic manipulation in fisheries (production of disease and stress
resistant fish) 8. Mutation: Types and notations, biochemical basis of mutants, mutagenesis,
mutation hot-spots.
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9. Molecular Genetics in Fisheries: Developments in molecular genetic techniques
in fisheries, molecular genetics and the stock concept in fisheries, the role of
molecular genetic markers in the management of cultured fishes
References
1. Alberts, B., D. Bray, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts and J.D. Watson. 2008.
Molecular Biology of the Cell. (5th Edition). Garland Publishing Inc. New York
and London.
2. Freifelder, D. 1987. Molecular Biology (2nd ed.). Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Inc. Boston Portola Valley.
3. Lewin, B. 1997. GENES VI. Oxford University Press. Oxford, England.
4. Carvalho, G.R. and Pitcher, T.J. 2012. Molecular genetics in fisheries. Springer
Science & Business Media.
5. Darnell Jr, J., H. Lodish and D. Baltimore. 1995. Molecular Cell Biology. W.H.
Freeman and Co., New York.
6. Hochachka, P.W. and T.P. Mommsen (eds). 1993. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology of Fishes. Vol. 2. Elsevier Science Amsterdam-London-New York-
Toronto.
7. Kumar, H.D. 1998. Molecular Biology. Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd., New
Delhi, India.
8. Lawrence, B.S. and S.J Lamont (eds). 1996. The Major Histocompatibility
Complex Region of Domestic Animal Species. CRC Press, 319p.
9. Watson, J.D., M. Gilman, J. Witkowski and M. Zoller. 1992. Recombinant DNA.
Scientific American Books, Newyork, 626p.
10. Watson, J.D., N.H. Hopkins, J.N. Roberts, J.A. Steitz and A.M. Weiner. 1987.
Molecular
FBG 505 Immunopathology and Vaccine Development Credits: 3
1. The Innate and adaptive Immune system of Fish: Introduction, innate immunity
in fish, cytokines in innate immunity, interferons, the complement system, adaptive
immunity in fish, immunoglobulins and B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, cytotoxic
T-Cells, helper T-Cells
2. Antigens and antibody: Structure and, types, epitopes, haptenes. Fine structure,
classes with structure and functions of antibody, antigenic determinants on
immunoglobulins, antigen-antibody reaction- precipittin reactions, agglutination
reactions, pathogenicity and virulence, sources of infection, transmission of
disease producing organisms, portals of infection, immunity to bacteria, fungi and
parasites Role of stress and host defense mechanism in disease development.
3. Immunostimulation of fish & Crustaceans: Introduction, immune system of
crustaceans, immunostimulants of fish and crustaceans
4. Fish Immunostimulation, History & types of fish vaccine: types, mechanism of
action, modes of administration. immunoassays, immunodiffusion, ELISA,
immunofluorescence, introduction, aquaculture, immunology, disease prevention,
scientific production – reviews and conferences, successes and failures, the
pioneers, non-replicating vaccines, replicating vaccines, DNA vaccines, mucosal
vaccination of fish, side-effects of vaccination
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5. Vaccination as a Preventive Measure: Introduction, biosecurity and vaccination,
use of vaccination in aquaculture, vaccination against different diseases, herd
immunity, economic considerations, risk assessment, the market for fish vaccines
6. Adjuvants in Fish Vaccines: Introduction, vaccine formulations, principles of
adjuvant actions, antigenic component, adjuvants, antigen delivery systems,
delivery vehicles, emulsion vaccines, biodegradable particulate delivery systems,
fusion protein delivery system, immunomodulators, stabilizers
7. Development, Production and Control of Fish Vaccines: Introduction,
manufacturing license, vaccine development, development of tests, transfers,
manufacturing
8. Legal Requirements and Authorization of Fish Vaccines: Introduction,
manufacturer authorization, food safety – maximum residue limits, genetically
modified organisms, dna vaccines, prohibition of use of certain vaccines, use of
vaccines that are not authorized, autogenous vaccines, regional rules and
competent authorities, the european union and connected eea countries, united
states of america, japan, other relevant organizations: OIE, FAO, WHO
References
1. Roitt, I et al. 2012. Immunology, 8th edition, Elsevier publication.
2. Alexandra Adams, 2016. Fish Vaccines, 1st edition, Springer publication
3. R. Gudding, A. Lillehaug and Ø. Evensen, 2014. Fish Vaccination, Weley
Blackwell publication.
FBG 506 Fish Population and Conservation Genetics Credit: 3
1. Genetic constitution of a population: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; factors
altering geneand genotype frequencies.
2. Genetic variation within a subdivided population: Quantitative measures of
differentiation, genetic distance.
3. Interpreting genetic variation detected by electrophoresis: Basic principles;
genotypic data from electrophoresis; strengths and limitations of electrophoretic
data for studying protein loci.
4. Natural hybridization and gene introgression in fishes: methods of detection;
genetic interpretation of hybridized population.
5. Use of genetic markers in stock composition analysis: General principles and
applications; Molecular markers: restriction fragment length polymorphism
(RFLP), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), random amplified
polymorphic DNA (RAPD), mini and microsatellite VNTRs; DNA bar-coding and
environmental DNA marker.
6. Genetics of endangered species: Finite population size and genetic drift; the effect
of genetic drift, the founder effects and bottlenecks effective population size:
separate sexes, variation in number of gametes, inbreeding, variation in time, age
structure, neighborhood size, genetic aspects of endangered populations.
7. Genetic management and conservation of fish: Conservation of exploited and
endangered fishes; cryopreservation and gene banking.
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References
1. Crow, J.F. and Kimura, M., 1970. An Introduction to Population Genetics
Theory.Harper and Row Publishers, New York.
2. Falconer, D.S. and Mackay, T.F.C., 1996. Introduction to Quantitative
Genetics (4rd Edition) Longman, UK.
3. Ryman, N. and Utter, F (editors) 1987. Population Genetics and Fishery
Management.
4. Washington Sea Grant Program, University of Washington Press, Seattle and
London.
5. Chapman, B. (Editor), 1985. General and Quantitative Genetics. Elsevier
Science Publishers,B.V. Amsterdam-Oxford-New York-Tokyo.
6. Hartl, D.L. and Clark, A.G., 1989. Principles of Population Genetics (2nd
edition).Sinauer Associates,Sunderland.
7. Hedrick, P.W., 1985. Genetics of Populations.Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Inc. Boston.
8. Kirby, L.T., 1990. DNA Fingerprinting: An Introduction. W.H. Freeman and
Co. Saltlake City, UT.
9. Mayden, R.L. (Editor), 1993. Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North
American Freshwater Fishes.Stanford University Press, Stanford, USA.
10. Mustafa, G. 1999. Genetics in Sustainable Fisheries Management. Blackwell
Science Ltd.
11. Roberts, D.F. and De Stefano, G.F. (Editor), 1986. Genetic Variation and its
Maintenance.Cambridge University Press.
12. Soule, M.E. (Editor), 1987. Viable Populations for Conservation.
CambridgeUniversity Press.
13. Turner, B.J. (Editor), 1984. Evolutionary Genetics of Fishes.Plenum Press.
14. Whitemore D.H. (Editor) 1990. Electrophoretic and Isoelectric Focussing
Techniques in Fisheries Management.CRC Press.
FBG 507 Bioinformatics in Fisheries Credit: 2
1. Introduction: Concepts, scope and applications; fields related to bioinformatics.
2. Bioinformatics databases: NCBI, nucleotide sequence databases, protein
sequence databases, sequence motif, protein structure databases and gene bank
sequence database, EBI-net, genome net.
3. Genomics: Genome diagnostics, genome projects, genome analysis, knockout of
genes.
4. Proteomics: Protein properties, protein structural analysis- PyMol, gene ontology,
databases; primary and secondary protein data bases, analysis packages, predictive
methods, mass spectrometry.
5. Molecular phylogeny and evolution: Phylogenetic analysis and methods.
microarray ESTs.
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6. Internet search: BLAST, FASTA, retrieving information from different database
like NCBI, protein information sources; preparation of data base.
7. Use of genome analysis packages: Phylogenetic analysis; accessing and
submission to gene banks.
References
1. Bioinformatics Basics: Applications in Biological Sciences and Medicine by
Rashidi, H.H. and Buehler, L.K.
2. Bioinformatics, A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, A.D.
Baxevanis and B.F. Ouellettee
3. Bioinformatics: A Biologist's Guide to Biocomputing and the Internet Stuart M.
Brown
4. Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis, David W. Mount
5. Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics: Malcolm Campbell, A.
6. Introduction to Bioinformatics : Arthur M. Lesk
7. Introduction to Bioinformatics, Attwood, T.K. and Parry-Smith, D.J.
FBG 508: Research Design and Genetic Data Analysis Credit: 2
1. Experimental design: Completely randomized design, randomized block design,
Latin square and split plot designs, analysis of variance: single factor and multiple
factor ANOVA, multiple comparisons.
2. Test of hypothesis: One sample hypothesis, two and paired sample hypotheses,
ANOVA (multiple sample hypothesis) - single factor ANOVA, two factor ANOVA,
nonparametric ANOVA, multiple comparisons.
3. Genome wide association studies (GWAS): Rationale for taking a GWAS
approach, subject and sample considerations, genotype data collection
technologies, resources of interest for GWAS.
4. Gene expression studies: Candidate gene expression studies, rationale for taking
a candidate gene expression approach, candidate gene selection, expression data
collection technologies, global gene (genome wide) expression approach,
microarrays, serial analysis of gene expression.
5. Epigenetic studies: Rationale for taking an epigenetic/epigenomic approach,
subject and sample considerations, epigenetic and epigenomic data collection
technologies, histone modification analysis, bisulfite-conversion based
methylation analyses, restriction endonuclease-based methylation analysis, next
generation sequencing (NGS) for histone modification analysis, next generation
sequencing (NGS) for methylation analysis.
6. Individual identification: Introduction, Bayes’ theorem, inbreeding and
relatedness, paternity testing, forensic testing, mixed samples, error rates.
7. Linkage: Introduction, distances between genes, estimation of recombination,
genetic map construction, linkage disequilibrium mapping, exercises.
8. Phylogeny construction: Distance matrix methods, parsimony methods and
likelihood methods, bootstrap of phylogenetic tree.
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9. Recent novel approaches for population genomics data analysis: The NGS
revolution in population genomics, NGS methods, restriction-site associated DNA
sequencing (RADseq), exon capture (DNA enrichment), RNAseq, whole genome
sequencing, filtering sequencing errors, filtering pcr duplicates, filtering loci with
inconsistent depth of coverage, genotype calling, the importance of using linux
command line and scripting.
References
1. Hillis, D.M., Moritz, C. and Mable, B.K., 1996. Molecular Systematics (2nd
Edition).Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, Sunderland, MA, USA.
2. Weir, B.S., 1990. Genetic Data Analysis: Methods for Discrete Population
Genetic Data.Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, Sunderland, MA, USA.
3. Zar, J.H., 1996. Biostatistical Analysis (3rd Edition). Prentice-Hall
International, Inc.
4. Francisco Azuaje, 2005. Data Analysis and Visualizationin Genomics and
Proteomics. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester,
5. BRUCE S. WEIR 1990. Genetic Data Analysis II Methods for Discrete
Population Genetic Data . Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers Sunderland,
Massachusetts.
6. Lynch, M. and Walsh, B., 1997. Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits.
Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, Sunderland, MA, USA.
7. Mead, R., 1988. The Design of Experiments. Cambridge University Press.
8. Miyamoto, M.M. and Cracraft, J. (Editors), 1991. Phylogenetic Analysis of
DNA Sequences Data. Oxford University Press. New York.
9. Nei, M., 1987. Molecular Evolutionary Genetics. Columbia University Press,
New York.
10. Sokal, R.R. and Rohlf, F.J., 1981. Biometry (2nd Edition) Freeman,
Sanfrancisco.
11. Steel, R.G.D. and Torrie, J.H., 1980. Principles and Procedures of Statistics.
McGraw Hill International Editions.
12. Waterman, M.S. (Editor), 1989. Mathematical Methods for DNA Sequences.
CRC Press,Boca Raton FL.
13. Weir, B.S. (Editor), 1983. Statistical Analysis of DNA Sequence Data. Marcel
Dekker, New York.
14. Baumgartel et al 2011. Molecular Genomic Research Designs. Annu Rev Nurs
Res. 2011 ; 29: 1–26.
15. K Imberly R. Andrew S And Gordon Luikart 2014. Recent novel approaches
for population genomics data analysis. Molecular Ecology (2014) 23, 1661–
1667
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FBG 509 Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetics Credit: 2
1. Introduction: Introduction to laboratory instruments, lab safety and regulations,
lab biochemical calculations, preparation of stock solution.
2. Spectrophotometry: Absorption spectra in the visible range as a means of
identification, extinction coefficients, conversion factors and finding the
concentration of an unknown using a standard curve
3. Nucleic Acid: DNA and mRNA isolation from tissue, methods for
quantification, DNA sequencing and sequence analysis, sequence verification
and alignment of sequence data, electrophoresis, Pulsed Field Gel
Electrophoresis (PFGE), Southern Blotting, Northern Blotting, DNA probes,
Hybridization and non-radioactive probe detection, polymerase chain reaction
(pcr); types, theory and practical applications in fisheries, principles in primer
designing, mutagenesis using pcr, gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9)
4. Gene Cloning: Molecular cloning vector, restriction endonuclease and
homologous recombination guided cloning, ligation and transformation,
antibiotic selection, clone screening, transfer vector, expression vector, cloning
genes, plasmid gene libraries, cDNA and expression libraries
5. Protein: Expression of protein, purification techniques, SDS-PAGE, native
PAGE, gel filtration, Western Blot, ELISA, enzymatic assay, study of protein
structure, directed evolution for novel proteins
References
1. Recombinant DNA, 3rd Edition by J.D. Watson, et al.
2. Gene Cloning & DNA Analysis by Brown, 6th edition, ©2001, Blackwell
Publishing.
3. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Research notebook, ©1999 Jones & Bartlett,
Publishers
4. Applied Molecular Genetics by Miesfeld, ©1999 Wiley-Liss
FBG 512 Practical Credit: 3
1. Isolation and quantification of DNA, RNA, karyotyping and purification of
proteins,
2. Amplification of DNA, cDNA
3. Gel electrophoresis of DNA, RNA, Southern blotting, Northern blotting, SDS-
PAGE of protein, Western blotting
4. Bioinformatics: Primer design, sequence analysis, phylogenetic tree construction,
study of protein 3D structure by using PyMol, molecular docking
5. Gene cloning: competent cell preparation, Plasmid isolation and purification,
transformation, screening of clones
6. Production of mono sex tilapia
7. Cryopreservation technique
8. Brood bank establishment and management
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9. Gene transfer using micro-injection, bioplastics etc
10. Data analysis: gene expression, Microarray etc.
11. Vaccine administration in fish
12. Florescence In-Situ Hybridization
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Name of the Branch: Fisheries Management (FM)
FM 501 Inland Fisheries Management Credits: 3
1. Overview: Concept of inland fisheries management; Status of inland fisheries
resources and their economic importance; versatile use of inland water bodies.
2. Aquaculture in inland water bodies: Techniques, extension, problems and
solution.
3. Use of biotechnology in fisheries: Inland aquatic ecosystems, species and
resources restoration, conservation and management.
4. Status survey, alteration and impact analysis: Fishery survey of rivers, lakes,
floodplains and wetlands; alteration of inland water fish habits, alteration impacts
on fisheries resources and socio-economic environments.
5. Constrains, intricacies and mitigation: Existing problems and intricacies in
inland fisheries, fishing rights and conflicts; its mitigation measures, management
techniques for sustainable fisheries management and conservation measures.
6. Hilsa fishery: Current status in Bangladesh; fishing techniques; marketing,
processing and exporting; management techniques and conservation measures;
economic significance.
7. Major carp spawn fishery management: Parent stock; spawning grounds;
drafting of spawns; nursery grounds, environmental requirements: Assessment and
management of environmental impact on spawning; hatching and larval survival
strategies.
8. Sustainable livelihood and socioeconomic condition of fishers: Concept of
livelihood; livelihood assets, constraints and outcomes; sustainable livelihood
approach (SLA) in the context of small-scale fisheries, socio economic conditions
of fishers and role in inland fisheries management.
9. Climate change and sustainable management strategy: Impacts of climate
change on inland fisheries resources; fisheries management and conservation
strategies in changing climate.
10. National conservation policy, programs and participatory role of agencies: Legal status of the national policy and programs for inland fisheries conservation
and management; role of government, NGOs, fishery cooperatives and other
stakeholders for resource development, exploitation and sustainable fisheries
management policy. Trans boundary river management, Halda river management,
RAMSAR convention.
References
1. Aguero, M., S. Huq, A.K.A. Rahman and M. Ahmed. 1989. Inland Fisheries
Management in Bangladesh. DOF, BCAS, ICLARM, Dhaka. 52 pp.
2. Cowx, I.G. (ed.) 1995. Stock Assessment in Inland Fisheries. Fishing News Books,
UK.108 pp.
3. Cowx, I.G. 1999. Management and Ecology of River Fisheries. Fishing News
Books, UK. 432 pp.
4. King, M. 1995. Fisheries Biology, Assessmentand Management. Fishing News
Books, UK. 352 pp.
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5. Templeton, R.G. 1994. Freshwater Fisheries Management. Fishing News Books,
UK. 190 pp.
FM 502 Coastal and Marine Fisheries Management Credits: 3
1. Introduction: Key concepts around conservation and sustainable management of
fisheries resources, goals of coastal and marine fisheries management present and
future.
2. Coastal and marine fisheries resources: aquatic habitats, fishing grounds,
biodiversity, people and institution; coastal aquaculture and mariculture
3. Problems and vulnerability of coastal and marine fisheries: Pollution, erosion,
siltation, alien species, climate variability and change, overfishing, inequality, lack
of technology and governance; vulnerability and risk assessment methods.
4. Sustainable management of coastal and marine fisheries: SDGs related to coastal
and marine fisheries, economic sustainability, social sustainability and
environmental sustainability
5. Fish stock assessment: TAC (Total allowable catch); ITQ (Individual Transferable
Quota); ITQ to sustain small scale and coastal fisheries, bio-economic models in
fisheries management.
6. Conservation of coastal and marine resources: Conservation of Aquatic habitats,
species, environment. Approaches, policies and legislations for conservation:
payment for ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management of coastal and
marine fisheries, fish sanctuary, marine protected areas (MPA): Concept of MPA,
principles and objectives of MPA. Impact of MPA on marine bio-diversity. Role of
stakeholders in MPA management. MPAs in Bangladesh.
7. Application of biotechnology in coastal and marine fisheries: aquatic ecosystems,
species and resources restoration, conservation and management.
8. Improving socio-economic conditions of fisheries dependent people: Challenges
and opportunities for both males and females
9. Co-management of coastal and marine fisheries: Benefit sharing, equity, gender,
fishers right, citizen science
10. Integrated coastal zone management: Concept of ICZM. Evaluation of integrated
Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Bangladesh and other countries; Issues and
challenges and conflict of managements of coastal zone and deep sea.
11. International and national policies and legislations: Objectives, goals and
important articles of United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),
Bangladesh coastal and marine fisheries acts and ordinances. Challenges and
opportunities for improvement of regulations.
References
1. King, M 1996. Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management. Fishing News
Books, Blackwell Science Ltd. UK.
2. Sparre, P & Venema, S.C. 1992. Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment.
FAO Fish Tech. Pup. 306/ 1 Rev. 1.
3. Grafton,Q. R (2010) Handbook of marine fisheries conservation and management.
Oxford University Press.
4. McClanahan, T.R. and Castilla, J. R. (2007) Fisheries management. Blackwell
5. Pomeroy, R.S. and Rivera-Guieb, R. (2007) Fisheries co-management: CAB
International.
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6. Gray, T.S. (ed) (2005) Participation in Fisheries Governance (ed).Springer.
7. Payne, A.I.L., O'Brien, C.M. and Rogers, S.I. (eds) (2004) Management of shared
fish. Blackwell
8. Walters, C.J. and Martell, S.J.D. (2004) Fisheries ecology and management.
Princeton University Press.
9. Nybakken, J.W. and Bertness, M.D., 2005. Marine biology: an ecological
approach. 6th edition, San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings.
FM 503 Aquatic Pollution, Climate change and Fisheries Credits: 3
1. Types and sources of aquatic contaminants/pollutants: Major classes and
sources of pollutants, Pesticides (organochlorine, organophosphorus), Heavy
Metals, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), DDT, PCBs, HCH, HCB, Dirty
Dozens, Pthalates, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Oils, Hydrocarbons, Polychlorinated dibenzo(p)dioxin and
furan (PCDD/F), Monobutyltin, dibutyltin and tributyltin (MBT, DBT and TBT),
Emerging pollutants, Thermal Pollution, power plants, desalination plants, cooling
plants, Types of radioactive waste, Hazardous Waste Pollution, Marine litter,
Microplastic pollution, Aquatic pathogens and nuisance organism.
2. Environmental fate of pollutants: Biogeochemistry and pollutants, rare earth
elements and pollution, fate of wastes and Pollutants, Biotransformation,
Detoxification, and Biodegradation, Organic enrichment, Agricultural runoff,
Eutrophication.
3. Assessment of aquatic pollution: Principles and methods for the study of toxicity
effects. Factors affecting toxicity, Acute and chronic toxicity, lethal and sub-lethal
responses. Static Bioassays, Flow through technique, Dose-Response relationship,
LC50, LD50, Bioaccumulation, Biomagnification, Bioconcentration Factor
(BCF').
4. Effects of aquatic pollution: Effects on biotic community, Genetic damage and
molecular response to pollution, Molecular process and physiological response to
pollution, mutagenicity, cyto-genotoxicity. Chromosomal aberration, apoptosis,
comet assay, micronucleus assay, imposex, Toxicological case studies. Public
health effects; biological impact of' contaminants, Impact on reproduction, Impact
on individual, Population and community, Population ecology to socio-economic
and human health issues.
5. Aquatic pollution Issues: National, regional and international issues. Monitoring
of aquatic pollution, Water quality standards, different monitoring programs,
Mussel Watch, Pollution Prevention and control, Pollution Abatement, indicator
species and their role. Marine Pollution monitoring and assessment, Management
of Marine Pollution.
6. Risk Management: Risk Assessment, Factors triggering risk assessment, Hazard
identification, Dose-response evaluation, Exposure assessment, Risk
characterization, Concepts of Environmental Risk Management, Recovery,
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rehabilitation, and reclamation, Application of basic risk management principles,
Biotechnology for water pollution control.
7. Policies and Legislation: Aquatic pollution Policies and Legislation in
Bangladesh,Prevention of pollution-national and international regulations,
agreements, protocols, guideline, conventions.
8. Key issues and concepts around climate change: greenhouse gases and effects,
mitigation, impact, adaptation, risk, disaster, vulnerability, resilience.
9. Climate change scenarios: past, present and future, both global and Bangladesh
perspectives; uncertainties in climate change model projections.
10. Climate Anomalies: El Nino, La Nina and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO),North
Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), IndianOcean
Dipole (IOD).
11. Impacts of climate change on fisheries globally and Bangladesh: Impacts on
aquatic biodiversity, habitats, ecosystem functioning, and dependent livelihoods.
12. Adaptation, resilience and disaster risk reduction to climate change: Habitats
and dependent people: community based adaption, ecosystem based adaption
especially use of aquatic biodiversity for adaption, engineering based solutions,
grey-green approach, climate proofing. Incremental and transformational
adaptation.
13. Climate change mitigation: global, regional and national levels
14. Agreements, legislations and policies to tackle climate change: Paris agreement,
IPCC, COP, SDG goal 17, BCCSAP, NAPA, NAP, National communication to
adaptation, NDC, loss and damage
References
1. Water Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control, revised edition, 2006. P. K. Goel,
New Age International.
2. Water Pollution, Agarwal S. K. 2005, APH Publishing.
3. Principles of Ecotoxicology. 3rd Edition, 2006. C.H. Walker, S.P. Hopkin, R.M.
Sibly& D.B. Peakall (Eds.), Taylor & Francis, New York, NY.
4. Environmental Toxicology. 2002. D.A. Wright and P. Welbourn. Cambridge
University Press, New York, NY.
5. David, P.P., Epifanio, J.M., Marsden, J.E. and Caussen, J.E. 1995. Protection of
Aquatic Biodiversity. Oxford and IBH Pub. Co. New Delhi.
6. Jeffries, Michael J., Biodiversity and conservation. Routledge, London, 1997.
7. Khan, T.L.; Al-Ajmi, Dhari N. Global biodiversity conservation measures. Pointer
publishers, Jaipur, 1999.
8. Kumar, HarDarshan. Biodiversity and sustainable conservation. Oxford IBH
publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 1999.
FM 504 Fish Population Dynamics and Aquatic Systems Modelling Credits: 3
1. Scope: Scope of fish population dynamics and recent theories of fish population
dynamics.
2. Acoustic assessment of fish abundance and distribution: Catch per unit effort
as an index of stock in numbers or weight, spatial distribution, temporal
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distribution, bathymetric distribution, factors affecting distributions, relative
abundance, marking and tagging, components of underwater acoustics, the sonar
equation, preparations for fish stock assessment, application of acoustics to fish
stock assessment, additional applications of acoustics, developing technologies.
3. Length, weight and associated structural indices: Sampling and measuring
considerations, weight-length relationship, indices of condition, weight models,
length-frequency histograms, length-frequency indices.
4. Determination of Age and Growth: Objectives, approaches to aging fish, growth
determination, validation and verification of marks on hard parts.
5. Underwater observation: Techniques and equipment, safety and training,
environmental influences, applications.
6. Advances in underwater biotelemetry: Telemetry systems, methods of attaching
transmitters, methods of tracking, sampling and data processing.
7. Ecosystem modeling: Principles and application of ecosystem models in fisheries
management, significance and approached to end ecosystem models, basics of
NPZ, Ecopath, Ecosim, and Ecospace, reduced gravity model, various types of
grids, computation of time step for integration, physical processes involved in
modeling of upper ocean, OGC Models - POM, MOM and ROMS models.
8. Modeling ecosystem dynamics: Lotka-Voleterra models; Nutrient-
phytoplankton-zooplankton (NPZ) models; Application to contrasting ecosystem
scenarios (N. Atlantic vs N. Pacific).
9. Fish Stock assessment: Commercially and ecologically important fishes of the
Bay of Bengal.
References
1. Lagler, K.F. 1956. Freshwater Fish Biology. Second Edition, William C. Brown
Co., Dubuque lowa.421p.
2. Murphy, B.R. and D.W. Willis, editors, 1996. Fisheries techniques, 2nd ed.,
American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
3. Rounsefell, G.A. and W.H. Everhart. 1953, Fishery Science: Its method and
Applications. John Willey &Sons. Inc. New York. 444p.
4. King, M 1996. Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management. Fishing News
Books, Blackwell Science Ltd. Uk.
5. Gulland J.A. 1982 Fish Stock Assessment.
6. Pauly. D. 1981. Fish Population Dynamics in Tropical Waters.
7. Sparre, P &Venema, S.C. 1992. Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment.
FAO Fish Tech.Pup.306/1 Rev.1.
8. Collie, J.S., Botsford, L.W., Hastings, A., Kaplan, I.C., Largier, J.L., Livingston,
P.A., Plagányi, É., Rose, K.A., Wells, B.K. and Werner, F.E., 2016. Ecosystem
models for fisheries management: finding the sweet spot. Fish and Fisheries, 17(1),
pp.101-125.
FM 505 Fisheries Policy and Governance Credits: 3
1. Introduction: Current fisheries governance systems of Bangladesh. Governance
of inland fisheries, freshwater aquaculture, shrimp culture, rivers, floodplains,
baor, haor, Kaptailake,Beel, coastal fisheries and marine fisheries.
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2. Overview of the current legislative documents related to fisheries: Bangladesh
Fisheries Protection and Conservation Act 1950 and its amendments, ordinances
and rules, Marine Fisheries Ordinance (and rules) 1983, Bangladesh Fisheries
Development Corporation Act, 1973, Mobile Court Ordinance 2007, Wildlife
Conservation Act 2012, Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1974, The
Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act 1995, Bangladesh Water Act 2013 etc.
3. Fisheries related national, regional and international policy: National Fisheries
Policy 1998, Jalmahal Policy 2009, National Shrimp Policy 2014, Bangladesh
Environmental Policy 1992, Five Year Plan, FAO code of conduct for responsible
fisheries, Bangladesh Environmental conservation strategy 2013, Transboundary
policy, International Law of the Sea, United Nation Convention on Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish. RAMSAR convention and its importance for
wetland conservations. RAMSAR sites of Bangladesh, SDGs goals and targets
related to fisheries.
4. Fisheries policy and law formulation processes: ensuring the voice of real
fishers, marginal farmers and sustainability.
5. Governance systems and fisheries programmes: Flaws in current governance
systems and fisheries programs in Bangladesh and ways of overcoming them.
6. Bangladesh fisheries in 2020s, 2030s and 2040s: challenges, opportunities,
strategies and action plans.
7. Digital fisheries: use of digital technology in production, use and distribution of
fisheries resources – current status and future potential.
8. Top down versus bottom up approaches in fisheries governance: governing
through community-based and co-management of fisheries, public-private
partnership, NGOs, fishing community.
9. Fisheries Bank, Insurance and social safety: Fisheries Bank, Insurance and
potential social safety programs for fisheries dependent people.
References
1. Sustainable Inland Fisheries Management in BangladeshHans A. J. Middendorp,
Paul M. Thompson, Robert S. Pomeroy -
2. The Common Fisheries Policy The Quest for Sustainability by Ernesto PenasLado
3. Directorate General for Fisheries of the European Commission Brussels, Belgium
4. Schweiger, L. (2010). The evolution of the Common Fisheries Policy: Governance
of a Common‐Pool Resource in the Context of the European Integration. Institute
for the European Integration. Austrian Academy of Sciences. Working Paper No
07/2010. November 2010, 88 p.
5. Kurlansky, M. (1997). Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World.
Penguin Books, New York, 294 pp.
FM 506 Research Methodology and Statistical Application in Fisheries Credits: 3
1. Introduction: Definition, objectives, motivation of research, types of research,
research and scientific method, criteria of good research, problems encountered by
researchers in Bangladesh.
2. The Research Problem: Concepts, conducting literature review, selecting the
problem, techniques involved in defining a problem, development of hypothesis.
3. Research design: Features of good design, concept and development of research
plan: Sampling design–sampling strategy, methodology and types of design of
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the program, sampling and survey, census. Experimental designs: CRD, CRBD,
Latin square and split plot designs.
4. Measurement and scaling techniques: Types of data, Measurement in research -
measurement scales, sources of error in measurement, tests of sound measurement,
technique of developing measurement tools, Scaling - meaning of scaling, scale
classification bases, important scaling techniques, scale construction techniques.
5. Methods of data collection, processing and analysis: Collection of primary and
secondary data, selection of appropriate method for data collection, guidelines for
interviewing, questionnaire and schedule, social and participatory methodologies
in peoples’ participation, interpretation of results, graphical representation and
tabulation.
6. Role of computer in Research: Introduction to different software tools, open
source tools, use of SPSS, R packages, PRIMER and graphical tools, introduction
to programming and coding languages.
7. Correlation and Regressions: Pearson’s Correlation, Spearman’s Rank
Correlation, Multiple Regression, Multiple Correlation, auto-correlation, and
Partial Correlation, Simple Linear Regression, The Straight-Line Relationship
When There is Inherent Variability, Regression toward the Mean.
8. Univariate and multivariate analysis: Parametric procedures and their
applications, T-tests, ANOVAs and MANOVA, PERMANOVA, Multiple
comparisons: Tukey Test, HSD test, DMRT, Newman-Keuls test.
9. Analysis of non-parametric data:Coding, applying weight to data,Kruskal-
Wallis test. Wilcoxon rank sum test, Mann-Whitney U-test.
10. Time series analysis: Characteristics of time series data, application and
prediction, smoothing, box average and moving average method.
11. Ordination methods: Purpose and applications, PCA, CCA and cluster analysis.
12. Mathematical modelling: Curve fitting, Mathematical modelling for assessment
of aquatic systems and fisheries.
13. Legal and ethical issues in research: Principles and importance, ethical issues in
research, data management, falsification, confidentiality and anonymity,
authorship rules, plagiarism and conflict of interest.
14. Reporting research: Scientific reports, reviews, short communication, case
studies, web page, booklet and leaflet, structure and development of a Manuscript
and Book.
References
1. Experimental research design and analysis A practical approach for Agricultural
and natural Sciences. 1994. Hoshmand, R.A. CRC press.
2. Biostatistical Analysis. 1984. Zar, J.H. 4th Edition. Prentice-Hall INC.
3. Research methodology. 2013. C.R. Kothari and Garg G. 3rd ed., New Age
International Publishers, New Delhi, India.
4. Kumar, R. 2011. Research Methodology: a step-by-step guide for beginners (3rd
edition). London, UK: TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Corwall.
5. Laake, P., Benestad, HB. & Olsen, BR. Research Methodology in the Medical and
Biological Sciences. Academic Press, Elsevier, London, 2007
6. Shamoo, A. ochResnik, D. (2009). Responsible Conduct of Research. (Second
edition) Oxford University Press.
7. Blackburn, S. 2003. Ethics: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University
Press. 120 p.
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8. Hermerén, G. 2011. Good research practice. VetenskapsrådetsRapportserie 3:
2011. Stockholm: Vetenskapsrådet. (https://publikationer.vr.se/produkt/good-
research-practice/) 129 p.
9. Joon Ha Kim,2016. Environmental Data Analysis and Practice, Balaban
Desalination Publications; First edition edition
FM 507 Geo-spatial Technology in Fisheries Credits: 2
1. Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS: Introduction to the fundamentals of
Geospatial Technology, Principles of remote sensing and GIS, Roles of remote
sensing, GPS and GIS in fisheries research, planning and management.
2. Remote sensing of the sea:The general principles of remote sensing of the sea;
Sensor calibration; Atmospheric correction; Positional registration; Oceanographic
sampling for “sea truth”; Image processing.
3. Aquatic Applications of Infrared Measurement of Surface
Temperature:Infrared radiometry, Interpretation of sea surface temperature,
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Multi-Channel Sea
Surface Temperature (MCSST) algorithm, Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellites (GOES), Coast Watch sea surface temperature data
source and software.
4. Aquatic Applications of Radar-altimeters: Basic principles of satellite altimetry,
TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, Sea Surface Height: Geoid, Tides, Geostrophic
circulation; Sea Surface Roughness: Microwave scatterometer, Synthetic Aperture
Radar
5. Aquatic Applications of Water Color: Basic principles of satellite
measurements of ocean color, Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS); Sea-viewing
Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS); Moderate resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Patterns of phytoplankton distribution in the World
Ocean.
6. GIS: Components of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GIS related special
hardware and software, Roles of GIS in fisheries research, planning and
management, Major functions of GIS instrumental setup of a GIS
laboratory.Relation between GIS and RS. Raster and Vector GIS.
7. GIS Functional Elements: Data acquisition, Preprocessing, Data management:
advancement in data management, Characteristics of DBMS, Advantages of
databases, Database design, DBMS structure, RDBMS, Data joining and linking.
Data layering or superimposing.
8. Maps: Base map and thematic map, Purpose of a map and map scale, Map sources
in Bangladesh, Map features and characteristics, Map projections, Map
interpretation.
9. Data quality and Product generation: Importance of data quality, Data
processing and metadata, Sources of data error, Remedies of data error, Primary
data and secondary data.
10. GIS Application: EcoGIS-GIS tools for ecosystem approaches to fisheries
management, EIA, Technology dissemination, GIS technology and spatial analysis
in coastal zone management.
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References
1. Getting to Know ArcGIS (4th Edition) Authors: Michael Law, Amy
Collins,Publisher: ESRI Press (July 2015, © 2015), ISBN-13: 978-1589483828;
ISBN-10: 1589483820.
2. Geographic Information Systems and Science (4th Edition) Authors: Paul A.
Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind Publisher:
Wiley (March 2015, ©2016).
3. Campbell, James B. 2011. Introduction to Remote Sensing, 5th edition. New York.
The Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1609181765.
FM 508 Aquatic Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Conservation Credits: 2
1. General ecological theory: Modern concepts and scope - descriptive,
functional and evolutionary perspectives; history of ecology, ecosystems,
methods and approaches.
2. Freshwater and Floodplains Ecology: Limiting factors; ecological
classification of freshwater organisms, lakes and other water bodies; general
models of production in lentic and lotic habitats; trophic relationship.
Characteristics and types of floodplains; energy flow, modification of
floodplain ecosystems and conservation.
3. Estuarine ecology: Concepts and nature of estuary; classification; biota and
productivity; tidal marshes and mangrove swamps, trophic subsidy.
4. Coastal and Marine Ecology: Zonation; abiotic factors - tides, temperature,
salinity, wave action; biotic factors - abyssal communities, pelagic
communities, supra-tidal, inter-tidal and sub-tidal communities. Phytoplankton
and seaweeds; zooplankton, benthos, neuston, decomposer-bacteria, fungi.
Ecology and importance of coral reefs.
5. Biodiversity: Basic concepts, importance and conservation needs. Types of
biodiversity. Classification of aquatic animals and plants.
6. Threats to aquatic biodiversity: concept, depletion and causes of threatening
bio-diversity, IUCN categories of threatened species. Extinction and speciation
processes.
7. Assessment of biodiversity: Species richness, evenness determination;
Biodiversity assessment methods, Quantifying biodiversity, Biodiversity
indices: Shannon-Weiner index, Simpson’s index, Margalef’s index,
Menhinick’s index, Brillouin index, McIntosh’s index, Berger-Parker index.
8. Biodiversity conventions and conservation: Traditional knowledge and
biodiversity conservation. Concepts of Marine protected areas. Ecological
critical area, Wild life sanctuaries, National Parks and Biosphere Reserve,
International and national efforts to conserve biodiversity (Kyoto protocol,
Ramseur convention, CITES, CBD, NBCF, etc.).
9. Biotechnological needs for biodiversity conservation. Ex situ and In situ
methods of conservation, Genetical and evolutionary principles in
conservation.Gene banks, germ-plasm banks, genome sequence.
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References
1. Krebs, C.J. 1985. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and
Abundance. 3rd Edition. Harper & Row Publishers, New York. 800 pp.
2. Moss, B. 1998. Ecology of Freshwaters Man and Medium, Past to Future. 3rd
Edition. Blackwell Science, London.
3. Odum, E.P. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. W.B. Sounders Co. 574 pp.
4. Barnes, R.S.K. and R.N. Hughes. 1988. An Introduction to Marine Ecology. 2nd
Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications Inc., Oxford, England. 351 pp.
5. Levinton, J. 2009. Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology. 3rd Edition.
Oxford University Press.
6. Mann, K.H. 2000. Ecology of Coastal Waters, with Implications for Management.
Blackwell Scientific Publications Inc., Oxford, England. 406 p.
7. Nybakken, James and Bertness, Mark, Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach,
Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, Sixth Edition, Benjamin Cummings(2004)
FM 509 Fisheries Economics and Business Credits: 2
1. Basic economics: Introduction to fisheries economics, basic economic
terminologies, micro and macroeconomics, positive and normative economics,
environmental economics, resource, scarcity, production, demand. supply, and
economic equilibrium, the operation of a firm in a competitive industry, the
production possibility curve, indifference curve, consumer budget, consumer
equilibrium, general economic equilibrium, price discrimination and distortions,
contribution of fisheries sector to the economic development of the country.
2. Fundamentals of fisheries economics: Basic concept, the production function in
a fishery, the basic economic model of a fishery, the model with a variable price of
fish, Maximum Economic Yield (MEY), sustainable yield and economic surplus,
the fishery when viewed as part of the whole economy, economic growth and
sustainable development, economic analysis of fisheries development.
3. Fisheries production and harvesting: Production of fisheries products, factors of
production, potential production, cost of fish production, production efficiency and
profit efficiency measures, constraints in fish production, economic optimal
harvesting, fishing vessel economics, optimal vessel effort.
4. Managing fisheries businesses: Starting a business, marketing fisheries products,
developing a business plan for fisheries businesses, monitoring economic and
financial performance of fisheries businesses, banking system and financing a
fisheries businesses, managing cash flow, managing capital assets in fisheries
businesses, managing risk in fisheries businesses, managing labor.
5. Economic and financial analysis of fisheries businesses: The enterprise budget
and partial budgeting in fisheries, financial statements: balance sheet and income
statement, cash flow analyses, linear programming; cost minimization, profit
maximization investment analysis (capital budgeting), lending in fisheries
business.
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6. Blue economy: Concepts, transition, applications, challenges and opportunities in
the context of the Bay of Bengal.
7. Fisheries regulation: Goals of fishery regulation program, economic analysis of
regulatory techniques, effect of regulations on share rate, fishing licenses and
quotas,
the complete economics of regulation, the process of developing fisheries
management policy, regulation of national and international fisheries.
References 1. Economics, Roger A. Arnold, 2008, Thomson Higher Education, USA.
2. Economics of Aquaculture, Singh RKP, 2003, Daya Publishing House, Delhi,
India.
3. Economics of Aquaculture, Curtis M. Jolly and Howard A. Clonts, 1993, Food
Products Press, New York, USA.
4. Aquaculture Economic Analysis: An Introduction, Yung C. Shang, 1990, The
World Aquaculture Society, USA.
5. Fisheries Economics and Management, Ola Flaaten, 2010, Norwegian College of
Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway.
6. Economic analysis tools and fisheries management: some methodological remarks,
Gianluigi Gallenti, Marta Cosmina, Sonia Prestamburgo.
7. Anderson L.G. (1986) The Economics of Fisheries Management, The Johns
Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
FM 512 Practical Credits: 3
Research Methodology and Statistical Application in Fisheries
a) Collection of fisheries samples and data
b) Analysis of fisheries data using statistical technique
c) Mathematical modelling of aquatic ecosystems and fisheries using software
d) Qualitative data analysis using NVivo software
Inland Fisheries Management
(a) Preparation of questionnaire/interview schedule for collection of data on socio-
economic condition and preparation of report.
(b) Preparation of participatory tools (PRA, RRA, FGD, LGD etc.) to collect data
from rural areas and writing report.
(c) Field trip to rural areas to observe rural fisheries dependent people’s
livelihoods and collection of data and writing report.
(d) Fresh water pond construction, culture and management; semi-intensive,
intensive and super-intensive.
(e) Case studies onsome FCD/I projects for impact assessment for example, Baral
Basin Project including Char ghat regulator; Narsingdi-Narayanganj FCDI
project.Case studies on fish pass at Maulaivi Bazar/Tangail.Case studies on
some impacts of dams on fisheries. Case studies on some impacts of industries
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on fisheries. Case studies on some impacts of land use change and fish habitat
destruction due to development projects.
Coastal and Marine Fisheries Management
(a) Acquaintance with the different types of fishing crafts and gears in Bangladesh.
(b) Examination of net materials, marketing and mending of nets.
(c) Basic net design, determination of mesh size, net depth and length, knot
spacing and hanging ratio.
(d) Techniques of net preservation.
(e) Catching techniques of commercially important inland and brackish water fish
and shell fish of Bangladesh.
(f) Freshness test of fish and shell fish.
(g) Design of industrial fishing craft
(h) Environment friendly efficient fishing crafts and materials design
(i) Construction of coastal shrimp farm and culture techniques.
(j) Natural collection of brackish water fish and shrimp seed and their rearing
techniques and
Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Risk Management
(a) Chemical analysis of water sampling methods; determination of dissolved
oxygen, free carbon dioxide, pH, alkalinity, total hardness, phosphate, nitrate,
nitrite, ammonia, iron, silicate and salinity.
(b) Lethal and sub lethal effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms, evaluation of
toxicity tolerance, bioassay.
(c) Methods of bioassay, determination of LC50, LD50; Probit analysis
Climate Change and Fisheries
(a) Case study on impacts of climate change on fisheries
(b) Estimation of risk, vulnerability, resilience and adaptation
(c) Calculation of loss and damage in fisheries sector
Fish Population Dynamics and Aquatic Systems Modelling
(a) Estimation of fish population by mark-recapture method, determination of fish
age from scale, determination of fish length from scale length by back
calculation, determination of length-weight relationship and condition factor.
(b) Hands-on training on FiSAT, Ecosim, Ecopath
(c) Mathematical modelling of primary production, trophic levels and fish population
Fisheries Policy and Governance
(a) An orientation and visit to different organization related to fisheries development.
(b) Analysis of policy and legal documents
(c) Field trip to fisheries project areas to observe rural development activities in the
field situation with emphasis on fisheries.
(d) Evaluation of the outputs and outcomes of fisheries projects
Geospatial Technology in Fisheries
(a) Using ArcGIS or related geospatial software for GIS analysis using fisheries
related data
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(b) Satellite and radar images analysis
(c) GIS mapping
Aquatic Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Conservation
(a) Determination of primary productivity (Gran Method/Chlorophyll a method)
(b) Collection and identification of freshwater and marine animals and plants of
Bangladesh.
(c) Impact of human interferences on the alteration of aquatic ecology
(d) Assessment of threatened fish and other aquatic species
Fisheries Economics and Business
(a) Estimation of elasticity of supply and demand.
(b) Cost analysis of a firm.
(c) Linear Programming; Profit maximization and cost minimization problems.
(d) Use of appropriate business models for consumer friendly marketing
(e) Development of equitable benefit sharing mechanisms for different fisheries
stakeholders especially for fishing communities
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